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CHILLICOTHE - Less than two hours before he was accused of shooting a man on Ohio 772, Cameron Crews was also named as a suspect in an alleged dog shooting in Chillicothe.

No charges have been filed in the 6:09 p.m. incident in the 200 block of Scioto Avenue and the incident is still under investigation, but Crews was identified as a suspect in the incident.

But police also got differing details on what happened.

One of the dog's owners told the officer she had heard a gunshot in the area as she was arriving home. The other owner said he was upstairs in bed when he heard a "loud 'pop'" and found a black male named "Dutch" standing in the area when he opened his front door to check.

When the man went outside, he told police "Dutch" told him he "shot his dog, and that he would help pay for any vet bills." The man said he panicked and told "Dutch" to leave so he could check on his dog, which he found limping and bleeding.

The report noted the man told the officer he knew "Dutch" through a friend, but didn't know his real name. Another officer later identified "Dutch" as Cameron Crews, the report said. The officer said he couldn't find "any evidence of the shooting" and observed "only a small amount of blood on the dog's paw."

A neighbor interviewed by police said she heard a gunshot and saw one of the dog's owners walk out of the house while saying her dog had been shot. The neighbor also said she saw a black male exit the home with a handgun and walk down the street to another house.

The neighbor's surveillance footage showed a black male in a white shirt and jeans leaving the home and walking down the sweet, although the officer reported he couldn't make out the gun.

When the officer returned to the home and tell the man what he'd discovered, the officer reported the man had said: "he did not know how or why his dog had been shot, but he did not wish to pursue any charges." The officer described him as uncooperative with questions he asked. The report noted the man told the officer his dog was going to be okay and that "he just wished to go back to bed."

Crews was arrested and charged with felonious assault Tuesday by the Ross County Sheriff's Office after he allegedly shot 39-year-old Robert Rogers, of Columbus Monday in an argument over $20.